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Chemical Communications

Alkylation of benzene with carbon monoxide over Zn/H-ZSM-5 zeolite studied using in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy†

Xiumei Wang,a   Jun Xu,*a   Guodong Qi,a   Chao Wang,a   Qiang Wanga  and  Feng Deng*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
E-mail: xujun@wipm.ac.cn, dengf@wipm.ac.cn

Abstract

Using in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy we show that CO can act as an alkylating reagent and react with benzene to produce toluene over a Zn/H-ZSM-5 zeolite. In the alkylation reaction, CO provides the methyl group of toluene via a methoxy intermediate.

Graphical abstract: Alkylation of benzene with carbon monoxide over Zn/H-ZSM-5 zeolite studied using in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC03621B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 May 2014
Accepted
31 Jul 2014
First published
04 Aug 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 11382-11384

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Alkylation of benzene with carbon monoxide over Zn/H-ZSM-5 zeolite studied using in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy

X. Wang, J. Xu, G. Qi, C. Wang, Q. Wang and F. Deng, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 11382 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03621B

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